In this Book
- Crossing Borders in African Literatures
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Handel Books
summary
Crossing Borders showcases intellectual attempts to commit the process of African interrogation of postcoloniality and postmodernity to the exploration of perspectives on black identities and interactions of contemporary cultural expressions beyond the borders of Africa and across the Atlantic. We have particularised on theoretical and critical perspectives that show how the controversial influence of westernisation of Africa has demanded remedial visions and counteractive propositions to the cycle of abuses and fragmentation of the continent. We have consequently distilled some very significant historic and informative insights on modern African and black literary traditions methodically espoused to articulate the greater unity in the diversities, fusions and hybrids that have been embedded in the external and subjective realities of our universe.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 6-7
- Chapter 1 - Global Flows
- pp. 8-23
- Chapter 4 - The Ancestral Diaspora
- pp. 60-76
- Chapter 6 - Remaking the African Myth
- pp. 96-111
- Chapter 7 - Culture in Fictional Contexts
- pp. 112-131
- Chapter 8 - Otherness in the African Novel
- pp. 132-148
- Notes and Bibliography
- pp. 168-184
- Back cover
- p. 185
Additional Information
ISBN
9789783703674
Related ISBN(s)
9789783703605
MARC Record
OCLC
929790803
Pages
184
Launched on MUSE
2015-11-19
Language
English
Open Access
No